Rail fastening



E. s. RAYNEH. RAIL FASTENING. APPLICATION FILED JULY l2, |921.

Patented Jan. 3, 192.2.

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EDGAR srUnnY RAYNER, or HoRNsEA., ENGLAND;

Reli. FASTENING, y l

hanging@ spcification of Letters Patent.y Patented Jan. 3, 1922.

Application led .Tuly 12,

To ZZ whom t may conce/m Be it .known that l, EDGAR STURDY 'RAY- Nnn, a subject of the King oi Great Britain, residing at Hornsea, in the' county of York, England, have invented certaininew. and useful improvements in Rail Fastenings, of which the follcwingis aspecification.

rihis invention relates to railway and tramwayv permanent ways, and it has for its objects,` improved means for fastening flanged railway and tramway rails to metallic sleepers, jointing the rails and anchoring the joints to the sleepers, my said improved means allowing of free expansion and contraction of the rails.

With these objects in view, the invention resides in the construction and novel combination and arrangement vof parts hereinafter more 4fully described, illustrated `in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended,it being nn-r derstood that various changesin the ininork details oit construction maybe resorted to without departure from the spirit or sacrilicing any of the advantages of the invention.

in the accompanying drawing, Fig. l represents a broken plan view of a metal sleeper i showingthe clips and clamping plates and the ribs against which the inner ends ofthe clamping plates abut when such clamping plates are turned to the position to secure the rails on the sleeper, and also shows onev of the rails secured to the sleeper; Fig. 2, is a side view of the sleeper but with the clamping plates removed; Fig. 3'is a side view of a rail joint secured on a sleeper, the/sleeper Aand clamping plate being shown in section,

Fig. Ltbeinga similar view to Fig. 3 but looking at theopposite side ot the joint. Fig. 5 is ave'rtical section taken at right angles tothe rails approximately through the longitudinal centre of a portion of a sleeper, through one oi the clamping plates, through one of the rails and the fish-plates and through one of the fixed clips on the sleeper.y Fig. 6 represents a plan view and a side respectively of one of the clamping plates, Fig. 7 a side elevation and end elevation respectively of the inner {ish-plate oit' the two fish-plates employed for connecting adjoining ends of two lengths of rail, and Fig. 8 a side elevation kand end elevation respec- 1921. serial No. 484,249.

tively of the outer fish-plate of the two lishplates refelrred to. j

Fig. 6 is drawn to alarger scale than the other figures. y v j Similar reference characters indicate like or corresponding parts throughout the several `gures of the drawings. Referring to the drawings, A is the metal sleeper which is conveniently pressed out of? steel or'iron, a, a are two clips near one `end and al, altwo'other clips near the other end shown) of the pair of rails, the distance between the `two arrangements of clips being that of the gauge of traclrrequired.

B and B1 are two clamping plates permanently pivotally attached to the sleeper each by a rive-tior pivot pin thesaid clamping `plates. having eccentri-cally rounded ends, 1

and each having an upwardly projecting portion or lip b1 set back a little distance i.

from one end, the portion of each plate at the outside of the upwardly projecting por'- tionor lipconstituting av tongue b2, and 53 5 is a circular recess in the underside of each clamping plate.V

C, C are twotransverse ribs or shouldersv sofy each formed by pressingupward-ly a portion of the sleeper, or by means of a piece of metal riveted or'otherwise suitably secured to the topof the sleeper, and l), l) Y are two paps or small protuberances pressed out of or secured to the topv of the sleeper kand which engage theone the recessin ythe clamping plate B and the other the recess in `the clamp-ing plate B1 when `such clamping plates are turned to the position to secure the rails on ,thesleepen E is a sh-plate secured to the inside face of the' web oi the rail where the ends of two y' lengths of rail meet, the said `fish-plate having a suitably long gap e at the "bott-om between it-s two ends to allowthe tongue b2 on the endof the elampingplate which assists in securing therail tothe sleeper to pass through the fish-plate and press on theV inner flange of the rail and against the web of the rail, El being a similar fish-plate secured to the outside face ofthe web of the rail and parallel with the Yfish-plate E, the said fish-plate E" being provided with a gap e1 corresponding with the gap inth'efish )late E to allow of the cli es a o or il o1 as the case may be, entering` the gap and engaging the outer flange of the rail, such fishplate El being provided with two outwardlyV projecting` portions or stops e2, one at each end of the gap, which stops, limit the move- Vment of the fish-plate across' the sleeper' within tlie'extent of the gap and preventit from passing over the fixed clips.

RF are bolts'which pass through the fish-plate E, through the web of the rail and through the fish-plate El and secure the two vfish-plates to the two lengthsof rail to be connected, the holes a?, athrough the ing vsuch two lengths or rail portions to- `To secure the rails to the sleeper, therails arelaid on the sleeper with the outer flange of one rail engaged byy the clips a, o and the outer flange of the other rail (not shown) engaged by the clips al, al, the clampingV plate B is turned atright,angles orthereabouts to the rail itis to secure, until its inner rounded end abuts lagainst vthe rib or shoulder C on the sleeper and the tongue b2 at its other end passes through the gap ef in the fish-plate E land passesjoveil Vand Vbears on the inner flange and its ou'terend against the web ofthe rail, and the upturned portion orlip b1 presses on the inner fish-plate when the portionof the rail on the sleeper isa jointed portion, the said tongue of the clamping-plate tightening' on 'the inner flange of the railandbybearingV firmly thereon and .itsend pressing against the web of the rail, forms a combined clamp and wedge, so firmly clamping the rail to the sleeper, Vthe rail being held bythe Vclips a, o on tlie sleeper engaging the outer flange and the tongue on the clamping plate en'- gaging and pressing on the inner flange' and on the web ofthe rail, the other andV paring plate B1.

lVhen the clam in@ lates are turned to C the position for the tongues bz'to engage the'inner flanges and press against the webs ofthe rails, and, where fish-plates are jemployed, for the upturned portions or lips b1 to press on theinner fish-plates, the paps or small protuberances D, D on the sleeper enter and engagexthe. recesses b3 in the underside of the clamping plates and so'prevent the clanipiiigplates from turning by the action of vibration, expansion and contraction vor other unintentional cause once such clamping plates have vbeen properly fixed in the locking position. 'l

Having thus described my invention, what l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patentl is l. ln a rail fastening,V a tie provided with a rail clip device andan abutment,a clamping plate pivoted to the tie and adapted to press against one side'of the rail and'fagainst the said abutment and thereby clamp the rail against the said clip device, and means 'for locking the clamping plate to the tie in the clamped position.

' 2. The combination, with a tie provided with a rail clamping device'and an abutnient, ofy rails, a fish-plate connecting the said rails and having ay recess Awhich permits the said clip device to engage directlywith the rails', and a 'clamping plate pivotedto -tlietievand adapted to press against the rails and against the said abutment Vand clamp `the rails against the saidv clip device.

3. The combination, with a tie provided .with a rail clip device andan abutment, of rails, fish-plate connecting the said rails' and vprovided with a recess-,at its lower part, and a clamping plate pivoted to the tie and adapted to engage directly withv theVA rails `and with the said abutment and clamp the rails against the said clip device. e

Lf. The' combination, with a tie provided with a rail clip device. and an abutmenhcf rails, a fish-plate connecting the said rails and provided with a` recess at itslowerpart,`

and a clamping plate pivoted to the tie and provided with lips adapted to engage with the rails and with the fish-plate respectively,

`said plate being also adapted to bear'against the said abutment and to clamp the vrails against the said clip device. Y Y

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature g EDGAR s TUiiDi narnniif 

